Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Axel Tasis got the match started through his kick off. Ezequiel Pereira's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Benito Sanz read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 8th minute of play. After some careless play in the Costa Rica defense, Ezequiel Pereira kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Benito Sanz. The Costa Rica fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Benito Sanz should have stopped the shot. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ezequiel Pereira in the 12th minute of the match. After 13 played minutes Costa Rica got a freekick which was hit by Aaron Alcocer. Ezequiel Pereira's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Benito Sanz read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 19th minute of play. 21 minutes into the match, Ezequiel Pereira had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ezequiel Pereira was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. After some fancy dribbling in the 26th minute, Ezequiel Pereira managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lobo Guará's supporters rose to their feet, but Ezequiel Pereira was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Benito Sanz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ezequiel Pereira took the ball and in the 31 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Benito Sanz. Benito Sanz dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. When the match clock showed 34 minutes, the score became 0-4 when Ezequiel Pereira sped through Costa Rica's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Benito Sanz. Efrain Moruga's late challenge caught a Lobo Guará's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Efrain Moruga helped the player get up and apologised. Benito Sanz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ezequiel Pereira's shot from short distance in the 41st minute.

Benito Sanz came out of the goal in the 52nd minute to try and stop a shot by Lobo Guará's Ezequiel Pereira. But to his dismay, Ezequiel Pereira quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-7. Benito Sanz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ezequiel Pereira went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-8 was the resulting score. In the 63rd minute, Lobo Guará's Ezequiel Pereira dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-9. Lobo Guará's Aykut Adar was substituted for Kerimhan Özonder. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ezequiel Pereira in the 69th minute of the match. In the 71st minute, Ezequiel Pereira left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Lobo Guará fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-10. When Ezequiel Pereira came up free with the goalie in the 74th minute, the Lobo Guará fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ezequiel Pereira couldn't finish the play. Alan Moruga kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. 77 minutes into the game, Ezequiel Pereira cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-11. Benito Sanz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Lobo Guará's Luizinho Custódio was substituted for Willian Caca-Rato. The crowd rose to their feet as Lobo Guará's Ciro de Moraes slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Benito Sanz. That made the score 0-12 after 82 minutes of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ciro de Moraes in the 91st minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luizinho Custódio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Luizinho Custódio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ciro de Moraes took the ball and in the 96 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Benito Sanz. Benito Sanz dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-14. The Costa Rica fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Lobo Guará were clearly better and deserved to take the win.